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August 18th 2006; the beginning of my new life, the beginning of the fall of a roller coaster, the day I would meet the people that would shape the coming years of my life, the day this all began, my first day of high school. If there is one thing I’ve learned about high school it’s that high sc...

"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" Is it any wonder people look back on previous mistakes and challenges for advice. Either to do better than before or to continue what they had started. However it is also true to say that people use the future to plan what they are going to do...

Who am I? This is a question many people have thought countless times throughout the ages. It is a question of self discovery, worldly purpose and acceptance. But who do I believe I am? I have never left my side, I know every secret I keep hidden from the world, I know my intentions and every though...

Sitting up suddenly, confused as to why I was abruptly pulled from my dream. I shake my head and moan holding my face in my hands. The sound came again. It was my phone, of course, that annoying phone, it light up the room, screaming at me until I gathered up the strength to pick it up. “Hello?”...

When I was nine my family went to Pennsylvania to attend the burial of my father's grandmother. Because I was so young and did not know her, I saw this trip as more of a vacation than a trip to put family affairs in order. Bug eyed I stared out the rental car window when we first arrived in Pennsylv...

Five minutes
If I could have five minutes,
Just five minutes,
To see you again,
I'd cry, I'd smile, I'd laugh,
I'd beg for your forgiveness.
I'd remember the good times and bad;
The ugly and beautiful, happy and sad.
I hope you remember me fondly
I always loved you with all of my heart,
I ...

With the wind biting hard at my neck,
I glance up at his vibrant face and manage out a smile.
Needless to say it turns into an all out explosion of laughter.
Taking me into his arms,
Every thought of the cold wind disappears.
Really, it's impossible to forget.
Sometimes I forget the true mea...

Inevitable
1 year
Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter.
6 months
Motivation
10 days.
Order and domination.
One year, six months and ten days,
That's it.
It's inevitable,
Each moment so permanent.
Will I live to see each of those days go by?
Each speedy second zoom past,
Twirling me around, ...

Of 2203 respondents, 49 percent responded to a poll in Parade Magazine asking if death was intimate should a doctor be allowed to end a patient's life saying yes. In a similar survey responded by seriously ill patients 48% said all resources should be used to save them. However, in the same survey o...